Survivors of China's brutal foot binding tradition recall decades of suffering over 60 years on | ITV News
![Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KVby2Bd_wSg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube
![Grandmother uncovers her deformed bound feet which were supposed to make women look 'sexier' | Daily Mail Online Grandmother uncovers her deformed bound feet which were supposed to make women look 'sexier' | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/08/11/10739710-0-image-a-53_1552046024832.jpg)
Grandmother uncovers her deformed bound feet which were supposed to make women look 'sexier' | Daily Mail Online
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115471.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/12/1434121503953/774e2eab-a8e6-4d5f-972b-7a118c03e89d-2060x1030.jpeg?width=465&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian
![Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot-binding | The Independent | The Independent Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot-binding | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/17/10/gettyimages-73616775.jpg)
Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot-binding | The Independent | The Independent
Pandora's Box - Lotus Feet Foot binding was the custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape of their feet. It was practiced in China
![Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhfZ-REWAAUoY0O.jpg)
Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell
![Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Lotus Pozu - iStock Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Lotus Pozu - iStock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/458577969/tr/foto%C4%9Fraf/foot-binding-lotus-feet.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=oenkX1IpZ4sCn6aP_nCfPuEnjKWwn65pgQc-mD6S4QI=)
Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Lotus Pozu - iStock
Foot binding photos of Chinese women, the tiny shoes they wore, and X-rays of their feet going on show in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
![Dr. M.F. Khan on Twitter: "Lotus foot; It is not clear why this tradition appeared during period of Song dynasty (10th-13th centuries) in China, and became a status symbol for women and Dr. M.F. Khan on Twitter: "Lotus foot; It is not clear why this tradition appeared during period of Song dynasty (10th-13th centuries) in China, and became a status symbol for women and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSHqR11aUAECV7Q.jpg)
Dr. M.F. Khan on Twitter: "Lotus foot; It is not clear why this tradition appeared during period of Song dynasty (10th-13th centuries) in China, and became a status symbol for women and
![All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post](https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_250_99/public/2015/09/04/foot-corbis.jpg?itok=hVyQstLr)
All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post
![Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known](https://preview.redd.it/km4oxk4jq5b81.jpg?auto=webp&s=b4f7241f35b77cd59b63858153046539c0ace9ee)